SOC information, to include Patient Service Agreement, Patient Teaching Checklist, Medication Profile, and Delivery Tickets should be emailed to this person.
Janice Callwood
Nurses ensure Medication Administration Safety with each patient via this method
5 Rights
Right Person (Patient), Right Drug, Right Dose, Right Route, Right Time
Policy 8902
Once they arrive, patient's should be seen in the AIS (Ambulatory Infusion Suite) within this time frame.`
Within 30 minutes of the scheduled time
Policy 6804
Team Bulldog identifies which Optum Pharmacist?
Kiel Muserallo
Nursing Comprehensive assessments for Acute/Biologic and Ig nursing visits should be completed during this time.
Point of Care (During patient visit)
Nurse's teach patients to check for blood return using this method.
Optum patient's are NOT taught to check for blood return
True/False: It is okay for deliveries/supplies to remain in the AIS after the patient's infusion.
False: Nothing should be left in the AIS.
Medications, Anaphylactic Kits, Flushes, etc. should be taken by patient and brought back by patient for future infusion visits.
Team Cyan identifies which Optum Pharmacist(s)?
Brittany Meeks and Trameia Copeland
In anticipation for next infusion dates or nursing visits, Refill supply notes should be completed by nursing how often?
During each patient visit
Patient education begins at SOC and continues throughout therapy. Required documentation should identify:
Patient's response and compliance with therapy
Policy 7025
Cleaning of chairs in the AIS, should occur:
In between patients and at the end of the day when patients have been treated using a broad-spectrum disinfectant
Policy 6815
Teams Blue & White (David Luc), GT (Pranjali Rane), and Cyan typically process these types of patient therapies?
Acute Therapies
(TPN, Antibiotics, Inotropes, etc)
Optum nurses know that this document gives permission to proceed with treatment and acknowledge that the document is on file when charting assessments.
Patient Service Agreement
Policy 6020
When cleaning equipment using the Sani-cloth wipes, the nurse should allow the pump to remain wet for how long and then allow to air dry / hand dry?
2 minutes and allow to AIR dry
Policy 6816
If a patient will be seen in the AIS for future visits, the nurse should ensure that this occurs prior to ending the current visit.
Scheduling next infusion date and add to AIS calendar
(AIS calendar requests should be sent to your supervisor and include the patient's name, visit time, # of hours for visit, and nurse who will be infusing patient)
Teams Bulldog, Magenta (Lisa Fetterly), Pink (Thanh Le), Yellow (Yakun Chen), Peach (Taquilla Cooper), and SC Gamecocks (Marsha Drummond) typically process these types of patient therapies?
Chronic Therapies (IVIG, SCIG, etc)
What is the name of the new event reporting system?
Atlas
When a patient receives medication and supplies, the nurse should ensure that the patient signs and returns these documents.
Delivery Tickets
There are 5 points of documentation that must occur when a patient is seen in the infusion suite. These 5 points are:
1) Signing patient into building @ front desk
2) Sign patient into the AIS with therapy start time
3) Sign patient out of the AIS with therapy end time
4) Signing patient out of the building
5) Cleaning Log Book/sheet (after cleaning of chair/equipment)
If you have worked with any Optum TPN patients, you know that this person works closely with the Pharmacists as an Optum Registered Dietician.
Alison Evans